Can we rebuild the human brain? The exciting promise and early evidence that stem cells may provide a real clinical cure for stroke in humans

Kyle M Fargen; J Mocco; Brian L Hoh

doi:10.1016/j.wneu.2012.07.012

Can we rebuild the human brain? The exciting promise and early evidence that stem cells may provide a real clinical cure for stroke in humans

World Neurosurg. 2013 Nov;80(5):e69-72. doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2012.07.012. Epub 2012 Jul 27.

Authors

Kyle M Fargen¹, J Mocco, Brian L Hoh

Affiliation

¹ Department of Neurosurgery, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA. Electronic address: brian.hoh@neurosurgery.ufl.edu.

PMID: 22846654
DOI: 10.1016/j.wneu.2012.07.012

No abstract available

Keywords: HSCs; Hematopoetic stem cells; Hematopoietic stem or progenitor cells; Penumbra; Stem cells; Stroke; Tissue plasminogen activator; Transplantation; tPA.

Publication types

Case Reports
Review

MeSH terms

Aged
Brain / cytology
Brain / surgery
Cerebral Infarction / surgery*
Evidence-Based Medicine
Humans
Male
Neural Stem Cells / transplantation*
Stem Cell Transplantation / methods*
Stem Cell Transplantation / trends*
Stroke / surgery*